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Table 2 Prevalence of persistent knee/hip pain and risk factors for knee/hip osteoarthritis (n = 2661)

From: Association of osteoarthritis risk factors with knee and hip pain in a population-based sample of 29–59 year olds in Denmark: a cross-sectional analysis

 

Women

Men

Knee/hip pain

No knee/hip pain

Knee/hip pain

No knee/hip pain

29–39 years

54 (22)

196 (78)

41 (23)

139 (77)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.4 (6.3)

26.4 (6.3)

26.4 (4.8)

26.2 (3.9)

Leisure time physical activity

 High intensity activities

1 (2)

6 (3)

2 (5)

12 (9)

 Moderate intensity activities

10 (19)

43 (22)

14 (34)

43 (31)

 Low intensity activities

29 (54)

114 (58)

17 (41)

57 (41)

 Sedentary

14 (26)

33 (17)

8 (20)

27 (19)

Previous knee/hip injury

27 (50)

32 (16)

21 (51)

34 (24)

Previous knee/hip surgery

11 (20)

17 (9)

10 (24)

14 (10)

Family history of osteoarthritis

 No

6 (11)

72 (37)

13 (32)

58 (42)

 I don’t know

12 (22)

38 (19)

9 (22)

30 (22)

 Yes

36 (67)

86 (44)

19 (46)

51 (37)

40–49 years

130 (28)

331 (72)

69 (20)

281 (80)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

29.1 (7.6)

26.1 (5.4)

28.5 (4.8)

27.0 (4.7)

Leisure time physical activity

 High intensity activities

2 (2)

6 (2)

1 (1)

9 (3)

 Moderate intensity activities

34 (26)

94 (28)

24 (35)

123 (44)

 Low intensity activities

67 (52)

184 (56)

30 (43)

111 (40)

 Sedentary

27 (21)

47 (14)

14 (20)

38 (14)

Previous knee/hip injury

61 (47)

49 (15)

35 (51)

65 (23)

Previous knee/hip surgery

24 (18)

29 (9)

19 (28)

45 (16)

Family history of osteoarthritis

 No

29 (22)

128 (39)

18 (26)

138 (49)

 I don’t know

22 (17)

53 (16)

15 (22)

42 (15)

 Yes

79 (61)

150 (45)

36 (52)

101 (36)

50–59 years

245 (31)

541 (69)

190 (30)

444 (70)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.6 (5.1)

26.0 (5.1)

28.2 (4.7)

26.9 (4.0)

Leisure time physical activity

 High intensity activities

2 (1)

9 (2)

2 (1)

14 (3)

 Moderate intensity activities

47 (19)

121 (22)

57 (30)

153 (34)

 Low intensity activities

161 (66)

351 (65)

105 (55)

222 (50)

 Sedentary

35 (14)

60 (11)

26 (14)

55 (12)

Previous knee/hip injury

101 (41)

105 (19)

111 (58)

96 (22)

Previous knee/hip surgery

52 (21)

51 (9)

60 (32)

63 (14)

Family history of osteoarthritis

 No

50 (20)

207 (38)

53 (28)

227 (51)

 I don’t know

40 (16)

101 (19)

48 (25)

84 (19)

 Yes

155 (63)

233 (43)

89 (47)

133 (30)

  1. Figures represent numbers and percentages unless otherwise stated
  2. BMI body mass index